I do not own Naruto but I DO own all the OCs in this fic, and this fic itself.

A katana was now in Rin's hand. It gleamed and shimmered in the light, shining a beautiful silver. And a deep shade of red. Rin felt very pleased with herself as she admired the vibrant, red blood glistening on the katana. That same blood was dripping down Kakuzu's arm. Rin was not only fast and a skilled magic user, but very skilled with the katana. At that moment Rin came forward at an impeccable speed with nothing to be heard but a slight pattering sound from her swift feat. It took a lot of skill for Kakuzu to dodge her quick moves and Sasori was unable to hit her at such a speed. Rin was coming at them in a patterned manner and forcing them closer and closer to the Rift of Hopelessness. Rin moved closer, trying to cut Kakuzu a second time, eyeing the blood dripping from the wound on his arm manaically.

"Give me more, my dear!" she laughed. "I want more! A huge bloodbath will make a delightful show!"

Finally, an idea struck Kakuzu and that idea was exactly what he needed. He eyed Sasori, telling him his idea with his eyes. Sasori understood; he moved back slightly and went on the defense. Kakuzu let down his defenses and allowed Rin to cut him again. A crazy kind of pleasure lit Rin's eyes with undeniable bloodlust.

"What, do you give up?" Rin asked, getting happier by the minute, making another slice. "Am I too good for you?"

Kakuzu didn't respond.

"Okay then, let's see what happens if I spill your guts right now?"

She raised her katana but then stopped. She couldn't move. She felt something holding her back. Then she realized the tiny chakra strings Sasori had attached to her limbs.

Rin was in shock. This couldn't be; she was the ultimate. There was no way she would be beaten by a puppet and a zombie freak.

Rin twisted in frustration and tried her very hardest to free herself from Sasori's threads but she barely moved an inch.

Suddenly, she started to move involuntarily. Sasori began to raise her arms up above her head. Rin's katana was pointed right at herself.

"Now this is entertainment," Kakuzu smirked at Rin.

With this, Sasori brought Rin's hands down.

Rin sputtered insults and curses at her two opponents as she stabbed herself.

Kakuzu gave her a kick in the face. "You should keep your mouth shut."

Rin shook in frustration. She released a huge, unidentifiable blast of dark magic. Whatever it was, it disoriented Sasori, causing the chakra strings to be weakened enough to break. She pulled the katana out of herself and came at Kakuzu in renewed anger.

But, Kakuzu simply stepped to the side.

Rin ended up sliding right to the Rift of Hopelessness.

It sucked her in as she attempted to grasp onto things to save herself.

She gave one last look at everything around her. Her opponents and everything she'd once had.

"I will never forget you," Rin growled she she disappeared. "Do you hear me? Mark my-!"

Before she could finish her sentence she was gone and the portal closed up behind her.

Sasori and Kakuzu slumped to the ground in exhaustion.

"When I was a kid, I hated stories with witches, you know that?" Sasori mumbled. "Now, I can justifiably say I had a good reason to do so."

Kakuzu chuckled slightly. "Don't you think there's a reason that witch is the same as a certain other word? It just has a w instead of a b."

"That wasn't very nice," a voice said.

Suddenly and cold splash of water hit the both of them.

What in the world?

They turned and saw Shinzouko, Kanjou and Seishin.

"You're kidding right?" Kakuzu said, exasperated. "We're not in the mood to-!"

"I healed you guys, dummy," Shinzouko said. "And restored your chakra."

"Huh?"

At this moment, Kakuzu noticed his wounds were gone; the both of them noticed that they were definently feeling replenished.

"We're leaving now," Seishin explained. "There's no one left but us. We have no business here."

Kakuzu and Sasori stood, still a bit skeptical of the three girls.

"Don't be so weary of us!" Kanjou snapped. "If we wanted to harm you we wouldn't have healed you first."

With this the three of them turned and opened a portal, presumably one back to the Witches' Realm.

"See ya, Puppet Boy," Kanjou smirked. With this she and her sister left through the portal.

Shinzouko gave Kakuzu a quick kiss on the cheek.

"I hope I'll get to see you again someday, Kakuzu-kun!," she smiled. "I guess you two should get going now. Bye-bye!"

With this she disappeared.

Now Kakuzu and Sasori turned to go downstairs.

A/N: Thanks for reading everyone! I heard many requests for Kakuzu x Shinzouko so here ya go. It's super slight, I know, but I don't have much room for all my requests. ^-^; I also put slight, implied Sasori x Kanjou. So, that being said, keep R&R-ing everyone! Thanks!